High stat requirement from gem is something I can and want to live without.

If I'm playing a int base character, and all my attribute small nodes are int,it's very likely that I still don't have enough int from passives to use a level 20 gem even at level 90, and that is very baffling to me. If it's str or dex on a int character that restrict you from using more skills, I get it, but why the main stats? A character only use int to meet the stat requirement are still "punished" if you don't sacrifice one or two suffix for int.


Str and dex is not better, they just have items that ask for 212 main stat so 205 for level 20 gem is usually overlooked, a dex character would still take dex nodes just to pick up the bow, and it's actually worse for dex because you don't really need that much accuracy in POE2, int at least give you mana.